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He and Hayley, as well as a crowd of helpers, were able to pull the children and woman from the vehicle alive, but a man sitting in the front of the car had already passed away.

Alex told the Bristol Post: "On approaching the vehicle I could already hear two children screaming and when looking inside they were both in the back suspended upside down from their seat belts.

"They were both fully conscious with no initial signs of serious bleeding or injury, so I unclipped the little girl's seatbelt and carried her out as others worked to extinguish the front of the vehicle.

The scene on the M5 near the Almondsbury Interchange where four people were killed (Image: SWNS)

"We took them up the bank and along the bank away from the vehicle so they could receive first aid from paramedics who arrived extremely quickly on scene.

"At this point I and a handful of others were attempting to get a response from the woman who was in the front of the vehicle.

"I could see just from looking through that the adult male was sadly already dead due to the damage to his side of the vehicle, however another man checked his pulse from the rear of the cab and I attempted to feel one myself from the front, to no avail.

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"We then focused on trying to get a response from the woman to see if we could identify any trauma to her neck or back.

"Due to the recurring flare ups in the front of the vehicle and the fact she was bleeding from her nose and head we decided to unclip her and move her out, under the direction of a Doctor who had thankfully come to aid from his vehicle.

"Sadly there was nothing anyone could do for the man and the car was covered soon after to prevent distress from onlookers.”